Edwin F. Kenswil (1884 – February 19, 1957)[1] was an American politician. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1884.[2] Kenswil was elected in 1942 to the Missouri House of Representatives and served a single term for the fourth district of St. Louis.[3]
Liza Kenswil (c1886-1981), an NAACP official, was his wife.[4] He proposed legislation to desegregate public venues in Missouri. He was the only African-American serving in Missouri’s legislature.[5][6]
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edit- ^ "Kenswil". The Boston Globe. 22 February 1957. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988". Ancestry. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Missouri Legislators K". www.sos.mo.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- ^ "Kenswil". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 20 December 1981. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ Lucander, David (2014). Winning the war for democracy : the March on Washington Movement, 1941-1946. Urbana. ISBN 978-0-252-09655-6. OCLC 891589893 – via Google Books.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Inc, The Crisis Publishing Company (March 15, 1943). "The Crisis". The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. – via Google Books.
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